Kae Dakin Consulting
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Kae Dakin, President, is a strategic consultant and coach to CEOs, executives and governing boards of nonprofits, associations and NGOs. A trained facilitator and presenter, she specializes in solving problems around fund development / revenue generation, board development / strategic planning and organizational management with an emphasis on international NGOs. Following more than twenty years of leading a series of nonprofits, she decided in late 2008 to work with more than one organization at a time.
Kae's career accomplishments reflect her expertise at leading nonprofits to financial sustainability.
- As CEO at Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers she tripled the budget, tripled the staff and doubled the membership. She also increased contributed operating income 10 fold while instituting new programs and operational systems.
- At the Physician Assistant Foundation as Executive Director Kae doubled the budget in 1 year, tripled individual giving and increased corporate giving by 40% in that same year. She directed a re-branding initiative developing a new mission, logo and tagline.
- Through strategic organizational planning and board development, as CEO Kae transformed the Leadership America program from a small project of a state organization to a well known national independent membership organization.
- At the Global Health Council as VP of Institutional Development Kae built a diversified funding program and increased individual donations by 150% and corporation and foundation donations by 200%.
An experienced nonprofit association leader with over twenty years of experience as the CEO or Senior Manager of six organizations, Kae successfully led Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, the Physician Assistant Foundation and Leadership America to new levels of financial sustainability.
She most recently served as the VP of Institutional Development for the Global Health Council and earlier served as the Director of Membership Services for the National Assembly and the Director of Training for the Association of Junior Leagues International. In each of these positions Kae utilized her strong fund development skills to successfully position the organization for significant growth.
Kae has worked with organizations of various staff and budget sizes from staffs of 5 to 50 and budgets from $800,000 to $7 million.
Having also recently served as the chair of two nonprofit boards in Washington, D.C., she understands the governance side of nonprofit management as well.
Kae earned a Master's in Nonprofit Business Management from the University of Maryland, a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Yeshiva University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Vermont.
She is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Association Foundation Group.